Chemical-engine.



lNo. 852,815.

PA'TBNTED MAY 7, 1907. s. L. WOTTRING an c. H. SUTPHBN.

GHEMICAL ENGINE.

APPLICATION P ILBD MAY 23. 1906.

orfani-n.

CLARENCE H., SUTPHEN,

OF COLUMBUS, 01H0.

Gi-iElliilQiLsiEilGiNE Specification of Letters Patent.

atenten ivlay '7, 190'?.

Application le May 23.1906. Serial Nol 318,302.

nine and (JL/maxon H. Sc'i'rnnn, citizens of y the United States,residing, respectively, at

rospect and Columbus, in the counties, respectively, of Marion andFranklin and State oi' Ohio, have invented certain new and useinlimprovements in Chemical-Engines, of which the `following is aspecification.

Our invention relates and has for its object the provision of a hand tochemical engines l l i i y i chemical, engine comprising a tank inountedIupon wheels in such manner that said tank maybe turned bodily over by areversalo'f the framework upon which the tank is mounted.

Further objects and advantagi'ss of the invent-ion will be set 'forth inthe detailed description which now follows:

ln the accompanying drawing: Figure l is 'a side elevation oi' atankillustrating the parts in their normal position in full lines andillustrating the tank in its inverted position. in dotted lines, Fig. 2is a plan View of the engine, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectionof the engine, and, Fig'. i is an enlarged scctional view of an acidvcontainii'ig reci-ptacle hereinafter' described.

Like nuinerals designate parts in all of the ligures oi' the drawing.

ltel'erring to thc drawing, the numerals 5 designate a pair ol wheelswhich arc connected by an axle 6. cured to this axle by bolts 7. rlhisfra-niework comprises a band 8, which is inade in two sections, saidband encircling a. tank il. Forwardly extending' bars the band and tothe axle as at l l. 'lhe iront ends oi' the bars l() are secured incouplings 12, these couplings ,being connected by a transverse bar i3.illounted to turn upon this bar i3 are couplings i4 into which arecorres pond ing' threaded bars l5, said bars lo being connected by atransversely disposed bar lo, lthe ends of which are threaded intocoulilings i7. As is best illustrated in Fig. 2, the ends oi thetransversely disposed bar lis project beyond the couplings 12 upon eachside to form handles 1S.

Carried upon the rear side of the tank is a bracket 19 which normallyserves to support a coil of hose 20, one end of the hose boing connectedto the tank as at 2l. The topy of the tank has an internally threadedopening 22 A l'rainework 'is sel l i i l i l l l l l n of lire is given,this support formed therethrough which is adapted to receive a plug 23.As is best illustrated in Fig. 4i, this plug on its` outer iace carriescars 24- adapted to receive a handle 25. A gasket 26 is arranged uponthe; 'inner 'face oi thisv plug. Secured to the inner face ol the .plugby a screw 27 are spring clips 28 which'are adapted to snap beneath theunder side of :1n acid containing receptacle 2i). A lead stopper 3() isslidably disposed between these spring clips and is adapted to close theneck of the bottle by its own weight when' the arts are in the positionillustrated in Fig. Si. When the tank is inverted, this stopper falls tothe. position illustratedl in Fig. 4 and perinits the acid to llow fromthe receptacle 29 into thebody of the tank in the usual and well knownmanner. f

box 3l Vfor carrying ex tra acid bottles is secured upon hangers 32,said hangers being pivoted upon trunnions 33 which arc carried by thebars. By virtue of this construction the box will rcinain in an uprightposition even when the bars are sw ung to their dotted line position inFig. l.

The operation of the device is as lfollows.' The device having beencharged byplacing within the tank 9 the proper chemicals and the acidcontaining receptacle 2S) having been placed in the position shown inFig. il, by screwing the plug 23 into the threaded opening 22 of thetank, the deviceis ready l'or use and when. at rest the parts are in theposition illustrated Ain full lines in Fig. l, at which time theauxihary handle formed by the bars l() are secured to l5 and lo servesas a support to hold the bars l() in a substantially horizontalposition, as will be readily understood. When an alarm forms anauxiliary handle which., together withV the handles 18, enable theiii-einen to secure a suilicient hold upon the engine. When the tire isreached, the framework oi the engine is thrown bodily over, so that thebars l() lio in the position illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. l..This of course inverts the tank and perniits the well known mixing ollthe chemicals tl'ierein. At this time, the auxiliary handle again servesas a support to hold the tank in its inverted position while' the engineis in use.

Freni the foregoing description, it will be seen that the siniplemounting herein pro` IOC While the elements shown end described.

are well adapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended, itis to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construetion set forth, but includes within'its purview such changes esmay be made within the scope ol the appendedv elolims..

Whetj claim, is: 1. The combination with e wheeled frame, of e tireextinguisher mounted upon seid frame and Set in operation by theinversion thereof', seid fire extinguisher being adapted to be invertedby swinging' seid freine from one side ol" 'the wheels to the other sidethere# oi and means for supporting seid freine in it horizontal positionet eneh of its limits of movement.'

2. The combination with e wheeled treme, of a tire extinguisher which isset in operation by the inversion thereof end which is mounted upon seidfreine, both the top and the bottom of seid fire extinguisher lyingwithin the 'eireun'ifereni-e of seid wheels sind :i handle )ortionpivoted to vthe outer end of the wheeled freine and aidepted'to supportseid freine in e horizontal position et ezieh of its limits of movement.

3. The combination with e wheeled frame,

of e fire extinguisher mounted upon vseid frame and set 1n operation bythe inversion thereof, sind hre extinguisher being adapted to beinverted by swinging seid trame fromv one side of the wheels to theother side thereof, und zi downwardly extending handle whieh ispivotally connected to the Outer.

end of seid wheeled treme, seid -handle being adopted to support saidfreine in n horizontel position et each of its limits of movement.

4, The combination with a wheeled frame, of e fire extinguisher mountedupon said freine and set in operation by the inversion thereof, seidiire extinguisher being adapted to be inverted by swinging said freinefrom one side of the wheels to the other side there of, the tank ofseidtire extinguisher being of suoli dimensions es to lie entirely Withinthe circumference of the wheels, end e downwardly extending handle whichis pivotally connected to the outer end of sind Wheeled frame, saidhandle being adapted to support said frame in n horizonte-l position eteach of its limits of movement.

in testimony whereof vwe sti'ix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

SYLVANUS L. WO'FIRNG` CLARENt/E H. SUTPHEN.

Witnesses STENNA WOTTRING, R. M. TYLER.

